Gianfranco Caputo was born in Brindisi (BR) on July 20, 1982, but he grew up in Turin. In 2007 he took the Master Degree in Computer Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino, with specialization in Software and Digital Systems. Master Degree thesis title was “Design and development of an indoor tracking system based on IEEE802.15.4”, developed by the research group ApPeAL, led by Professor Malnati.

From November 2006 to April 2010, he worked as research fellow in the ApPeAL group at the Politecnico di Torino, following several projects. In 2010, he joined the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella as researcher and member of Services and Applications group, he developed a MPPT system in collaboration with Concept Reply and he built a escape-preventing fence for Alzheimer patients.

Nowadays, Gianfranco is a researcher at the Mobile Solutions Area of ISMB and he is active on several R&D projects, where Web, embedded, digital systems and mobile technologies are combined to generate innovative value-added solutions.